Metallic gondola cap.



PATEITFL'DY FEB. 5,'1907.

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E. I. DODDS.

METALLIC GONDOLA CAR APPLIOATION FILED' JULY e w.: x ...xxx-ffm.

No. 842,870; PATENTED FEB. 5. 1.5m?

A E. I. Domus.` L METALLIC GoNDoLA CAR.

APPLICATION F'ILED JULY 6, 1905.

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UNITED S'iuiTEs PATENT oEEioE.

ETHANI. DODDS, OF PU LIIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TOTIIIIC IULLMAN COM- PANY, OF CI'IICA'GO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.'

META-Luc GONDQLA CAP'.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

T o. (11], whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, ETHAN I. Donns, :i citi-- zen of the United States, residing 'nt Pull man.,l 'leounty el Cook, and State of Illinois, haveJ invented eertiiin new and useful lm provenients in ).Ietnllie Gondola Cars, of whieh the following is ii speeifieiition.

My invention relates to enr eonstruetions, more particularly to steel ears of the gondola type; und my presentin'iprovelments pertain' to several fenturesJof construction whieh fiieilitnte the repair et tlie ear in ense it is dnn'iziged by :iwreek or in any other infiiiner. lo this end I build up the our out ol' :i series of comparatively sintill parts', which niny be readily removed -lior the insertion ol' new ones il' theybetoine lient, broken, oi' otherwise injured.

Another objeet of inyiinvention is the provision oi' :in improved :ind ezisily :ind eeonon'iienlly innnul'zietured corner for the Cnr.

Various other tentures of value will be found in this invention by those skilled in this art. f, n 4

In the accompanying drawings I have einbodied one forni of the invention, wherein-M 'l`he left-hand portion of Figure l shows e plan ol' the enr, while the right-hund portion shows the underl'rnine. Fig. 2 illustraties zin elevation ofthe enr, :i portion ol' the saune being shown in longitudinal eentrol 'section Fig. Il is :in end vie-w -ol' the enr.. Fig. 4 is :i section ol' the our on the line A A, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 shows :i pzirtiiil seetionon the line ll l5 of Fig. l.

lteferring to the drawings, l l nre the elizinnel center sillsJ spaieed zipzirt web to web by inezins oll short elinnnel -seotions I. Cross-bearers or llying trnnsoins 4 of I-seetion :ire riveted to the eeiiter sills in eonneetion with :ingle-plates 5. 'llie body-bolsters ol the enr eoinprise ehnnnel members (i. t, euelrlinving :in .upper :ind lower integral llenge 7 und s, respectively, the-outer ends of the eliiinnel ineinbers being spiieed :ipziit by the short ohnnnel-seetions S) und the inner ends being seeured to the eeiiter sills by inenns oll the :inglepluies ll). 'A eonipression linenrliei" ,ll e'onneelfs the under sides of the.bodylnils-teigs :ind is riveted to their lo\`\""er llnnges;'nsisliown in Fig. 4.

'llie limr-plntesvl'l ol. the enr nre seelired by rivets l to the llnnges oll the cross-beni ers, body-holsters, und eentersills, :ind the end i i i floor-plates are stiliened by means of diagonzil :inglefplntes I4 on their under side. A comparatively short plate l5 is connected to the flanges of `the draft-sills by means of rivets passing through the floor-plates, as well as the plate l5, while a. central longitudiniil pliitel 1,6 extends from bolster te bolster yii nd lis 'seenre sills b v ineens ot rivets passing through the rlloor-plntes. The transverse tension ineinbei 17 is placed over the body-bolsters sind is fastened te their flanges by means of rivets passing through the tioor-plzitesl Anglebins T8, 1), 2t), and 21 extend around the outer edges ol the floor andere secured to the floor-pluies :ind to the sides of the ear.- 'lheI sides 22 extend below the Hoor-plates, overlapping the ends of the eross-liezirers und body-holsters. The side strikes 23, which ure constructed by cutting on the bias'the web ol. en I-beani, eneh have e tapering i-lnnge 24, extending transversely to the ear, :is is illustrated in Fig. 4. These side stakes extend down as fzir iis do the Side plates of the. ear. The. side plates, fianges of the side strikes, rind the tingle-plates 25 are'seeured together by the suine rivets, the other faces kof the angle-plates 25 being fastened to the body-holsters. 'lhe cross-bearers 4 are riveted to tht-side plates and flanges of the side strikes in zi similar manner, using 'anglephites 26. The sides and ends of the ear have ai eo )ing angle-liar 27, the corners beingsupplied with plates 28, riveted to the coping angle-bars. A

Droit-sills 30, which :ire sniiiller channelbzirs than. the center sills, ii-re attached to the ends ol' tlie`liitter, wliiehiextend beyond the. body-bt lsters, The outei' ends of the drzil'tsills :ire riveted to the foon-pluto 3l, wliieli hns :t ilzinge 'beiit over, iis shown in Fig'. l, :ind :ilse hais lziteizail portions', wliieh :ire secured to the .end sills 34, the outer ends ol' the hitter being connected to the eornei'- plates of the ein* 36, eaieli vol" which noniprises :i channel-plete whose"web hns been bent to :in ongle olNninet/y degrees. The bnr 35, 'wliieli nniy be of any appropriate slizipe, is :ilso secured t'o the inner ends of the sills 34, so :is to ineke. :istrongor construction.

lt is :ifppzi-rent troni the nbove description thiit. l. lieve devised n enr inaide up of coinpiirnlively simili piirts :ind tlint the sinne, diie yto this peeulinr structure, een be re.-

l to the flanges of the-center the cross-bearers and body-bolsters, the' strain put upon the former is transmitted. to the latter, where it properly belongs;

To those skilled 1n the art many changes in the details of the. construction will be obvicus, and the modified constructions will still fall within the substance of the invention as defined in the following claims.`

This patent is intended to embrace only so much of the disclosure made herein as is covered by the following claims.

I claim- 1. The combination in a car, of two spaced draft-sills, al flanged faceplate, said draft sills being attached to said flange, and two transverselend-sill members secured' to said faceplate, substantiallyas described.

2. lThe combination in a car, of two spaced channel draft-sill's, a flanged face-plate, the

top flanges of said draft-sills being riveted to the lange of said face-plate and two transverse channel-beams secured to said plate,

substantially as described.

have devised a construction which,

3. The combination inacar'ofltwo spaced channel draft-sills, Aa ianged facelate, said draft-sills bein .riveted to said ange, two channel end sil s'rivetedto'saidilanged faceplateand a strengthening member riveted 'to and connecting t e inner ends of said end sills, substantially as described.

4. A car, having a plurality of T-beam side stakes in combination with a plurality of sidev plates, each extending between and fastened to two adjacent side stakes, substantially/.as

described.

5. A car having-a plurality. of cross-bear ers comprising I-beams and ay pluralityv of floor-plates, each floor-plate extendingbetween, supported by, and .fastenedto llian of two adjacent cross-bearers, substantia as described. l

6. In a railway-car, the combinationof two adjacent-side stakes, substantially as described.

l/Vitnesses 4SAMUEL N. POND,

e FREDERICK C. GOODWIN. 

